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economic expansion enters its ninth year, supply constraints are showing up in supplychains. Along with multiple examples they cite the Institute for Supply Management’s (ISM) order backlog index, which has reached its highest level in 14 years. As the (U.S.)
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More recently, with the rise of interconnected systems, the analytics to derive value from those systems seems, and decreased costs, RFID is resurrecting as a solution for increasing supplychain management (SCM), visibility into processes, and reducing inventory tracking costs. Download white paper.
The Green Corridor: Full Circle – The Promise and Struggles of the Circular Economy and Green SupplyChains. This is my mantra for building green supplychains. A study by the University of Michigan in 2018 showed how a patty of plant-based Beyond meat compared to a regular US beef patty of meat.
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